Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18021230
Permit Number 18021230
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2018-03-28 10:44:51CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH EDITION
 WPB FBC = WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH ED.
 FBC EC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2017
 6TH EDITION
 FBC RE = FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL CODE 2017 6TH EDITION
 NEC = NFPA 70 2014 EDITION, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
 FS = FLORIDA STATUTES
  
 ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW.
  
 1. THE NEC AND FBC SPECIFIED FOR DESIGN ON SHEET E0.1
 IS NOT THE CURRENT CODE. PROVIDE CORRECTION. FBC
 PREFACE (ALSO SEE CURRENT CODES ABOVE)
 2. PROVIDE LISTING FOR RECONDITIONED 2000 AMP BREAKER.
 NEC110.3
 3. PROVIDE GFI PROTECTION FOR 2000 AMP BREAKER AND
 DOWNSTREAM PANELS WHERE APPLICABLE. NEC 230.95, 517.17
 4. PLAN STATES THAT THE LOADING OF THE GENERATOR IS
 BASED ON A 3 MONTH STUDY FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER
 OF 2016. PER NEC 517.30(D): ?THE ESSENTIAL ELECTRICAL
 SYSTEM SHALL HAVE THE CAPACITY AND RATING TO MEET THE
 MAXIMUM ACTUAL DEMAND LIKELY TO BE PRODUCED BY THE
 CONNECTED LOAD.? THE TIME PERIOD DESCRIBED FOR THE
 STUDY DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE THE
 MAXIMUM DEMAND WOULD BE ENCOUNTERED. PROVIDE
 CLARIFICATION AND/OR CORRECTION OF THE DEMAND LOAD FOR
 THE GENERATOR. THIS REVIEWER FEELS THAT LOOKING AT 12
 MONTHS OF HISTORY WOULD GIVE A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF
 THE LIKELY DEMAND. NEC 517.30(D)
 5. PROVIDE DETAILS OF COMPLIANCE WITH NEC 240.87.
 6. BE ADVISED THAT FIRE ALARM, LOW VOLTAGE SYSTEMS,
 DAS, LIGHTNING PROTECTION, COMMERCIAL HOOD SYSTEMS,
 WALK IN COOLERS, SIGNS, SITE LIGHTING, AND SWIMMING
 POOLS (WHERE APPLICABLE) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE
 OF THIS PLAN REVIEW. PROVIDE A BLOCK NOTE INDICATING
 THE REQUIRED SEPARATE PERMITS AND DATA SPECIFICATION
 SHEET SUBMITTALS FOR ANY OF THESE SYSTEMS PRESENT. WPB
 FBC 105.1, 107.2.1
  
 END OF COMMENTS.
  
 PLEASE NOTE: SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL AND/OR REVISED
 MATERIALS MAY RESULT IN NEW PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS. WHEN
 RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE
 LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY
 RESUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, INSERT CORRECTED PAGES
 INTO THE ORIGINAL SUBMITTAL AND REMOVE OR VOID THE
 PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS.
  
 SINCERELY,
  
 JOHN PEARSON
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6746
 [email protected]
  
  


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